Episode 1: Packaging with Neil Shackleton

Feb 19, 2019

In this week's episode of The Grocery Insider, in association with HRA Global, we speak to packaging expert Neil Shackleton the founder of Medoola.

Introduction to Neil Shackleton (0 min)

• Interest in packaging
• What the industry was like when Neil started in the packaging industry 30 years ago. 

Packaging today (5 mins)

• What drives changing ideas in packaging?
• Supermarkets
• Packaging and technology 

Packaging as a career (13 mins)

• Where to start a career in packaging

Plastic (16 mins) 

• Plastic and waste
• Recycling and compostability
• Education around waste

Brexit (25 mins)

• How will Brexit affect packaging?

Future of Packaging (27 mins)

• Medoola
• E-commerce and the impact on packaging
• Interaction with the consumer